SahwaMar 14

Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Bug That Locks Users Out of the C: Drive

https://reddthat.com/post/61925595

Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Bug That Locks Users Out of the C: Drive - Reddthat

>KB5077181 was released about a month ago as part of the February Patch Tuesday rollout. When the update first arrived, users reported a wide range of problems, including boot loops, login errors, and installation issues. > >Microsoft has now acknowledged another problem linked to the same update. Some affected users see the message “C:\ is not accessible – Access denied” when trying to open the system drive.

Show threadCerebralHawksMar 14

Can you still use the computer? Other than the home folder (or the user folder), I think it’s fine if regular users go a week without touching their C drive until Microslop fixes it (which they will, inside like a week).

I use Windows at work, and it’s fine. I do use the home/user folder just because it’s there and it’s how everything’s set up, but there is no other drive to use instead. If I were using it at home, especially if I had a laptop, I’d want the home drive to be on an SSD I could move between machines… maybe. But, I use Macs at home.

Show threadBrickfrogMar 14

from the article

The issue appears mainly on Samsung laptops and can prevent users from accessing files or launching applications.

Having a computer that cannot launch applications, let alone access files, is basically the same as not having a working computer.

Show threadCerebralHawksMar 15
But it can boot into Windows, which is also on the C drive? So it’s not locking users out of the C drive, it’s locking users out of parts of the C drive.
Show threadluluberlue
The boot process isn’t an user process, Windows would still be able to use the C:/ drive for itself, for every other user software though, that’s another story…
Mar 15 at 11:22amWeb
Show threadCerebralHawksMar 15
So only the user process is locked out of the C drive, not the boot/system. Fortunately, the way Windows 10/11 works by default, if you sign into a Microslop account, it backs all that stuff up to OneDrive. At least your documents. And no one’s saying it’s not bad, it just seems like most affected individuals will be able to go about most of their day. I have a Mac, so I don’t need to worry about any of this have separate issues to worry about.
Show threadluluberlueMar 15
Having OneDrive wouldn’t help as you still won’t be able to use programs as a user, which is pretty much the reason we use computers in the first place, this bug effectively makes whole computers glorified paperweight in the meantime.